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petite souris: interesting combination of people, here! Since we have a Frenchman in the lot, let me do my little bit on de Tocqueville who is a perfect illustration of people (and ideas) being so many different shades of grey.

While he is well known in the States for his "Democracy in America", over here, he is also known for his views on Algeria which the French were colonizing at the time. de Tocqueville considered that it was perfectly fine to destroy the indigeneous populations in Algeria, which doesn't sit as well as his more famous views on democracy...

tut - that she is! and was/is part of the e street band - bruce was married before patti, hopefully it was an amiable break-up - I'm not very verse in celeb gossip.

megan - thanks!

rlb...ah humans, we are fraught with contradictions and foibles, aren't we? complexity in people is fine with me, as long as there's no meanness and folks are honest and compassionate. what I don't care for is unnecessary or undue drama, grok? aspiring toward simplicity in many things is a very noble pursuit, n'est-ce pas?

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